Sue Childs - Research Fellow

Sue Childs is a Research Fellow working within the Information Management Innovation Research Group of the School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences.

She conducts externally funded research projects in a range of subject areas within the domain of information and communication studies. Her particular research interest are: records management; health information; evidence-based practice particularly systematic literature reviews; user information needs; electronic provision of information; ICT, information and critical / evaluative skills.

In addition to her research activities, she teaches on a number of modules. These have included Records Management; Research Methods; Information in Society; Nursing Informatics.

Sue is currently working on the AHRC funded project 'Accelerating positive change in electronic records. Understanding issues and developing practical approaches'.

Past projects she has worked on include:

• A critical assessment of records management capacity and compliance toolkits, AHRC, 2005-6
• Assessment of impact of ISO 15489, AHRB, 2003-5
• Use of mobile technologies by health students on placement, NHS University and Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Strategic Health Authority, 2004-5
• Surmounting the barriers to NHS e-learning (HeXL), Northern England NHS Workforce Development Confederation, 2003-4
• Managing primary research data and records for research in HEIs, JISC, 2003
• JUDGE guidelines and website, Health Foundation, 2002-3
• Info @ UK, British Council, 2001-6